Undergarment.



PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

A. G. VELASKO. 'UNDERGARMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 6, 1902.

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ADOLPI'I G. VELASKO, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

UNDERGARM ENT.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,885, dated. November 24, 1903.

Application filed Novemberti, 1902. Serial No. 130,319. (No model.)

T to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH G. VELASKO, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Undergarments, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in undergarments, and refers more particularly to the formation of an open seat and a suitable drop-flap therefor. In the manufacture of knit garments of this class the question of cost of production and economy in the use of material is the utmost importance, and while I have sought to reducethe cost of manufacture by avoiding any waste in the formation of the opening and utilizing most of the waste in the formation of the legs for forming the drop-flap I am enabled to use part of the seat as originally knit for part of the flap, which affords greater elasticity where most needed and produces a smooth flap free from wrinkles, rolls, or gussets.

My object therefore is to reduce the cost of manufacture and at the same time to pro duce a superior garment.

To this end the invention consists in the formation of an undergarment as hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a combination undergarment embodying the features of my invention, the flap being closed. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the flap as open or dropped, the upperportion of the garment being broken away. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of a garment with a slightly-modified flap. Fig. at is a sectional view through the upper end of the flap. Fig. 5 shows the seat and manner of stitching the same.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

In the drawings I have shown what is termed a knit combination or union garment comprising a waist portion 1, seat 2, and legs 3, all of which parts are knit in the usual manner and then cut and stitched to the desired form. The seat of the garment is then cutupwardly and inwardly from opposite sides in intersecting lines 4:,which meet at 5 and form a pointed flap 6 from the body of the seat as originally knit, and when the flap is turned over a triangular opening 7 is formed above the junction of the inner sides of the legs. It is thus apparent that the lower edge of the flap is of much greater width than its upper end and being integral with the fabric of the garment forms an elastic junction therewith without any further labor.

I usually slit the seat upward at 8 a slight distance toward the waist, so as to give greater capacity to the opening, and the raw edges of the slits are then overstitched to prevent raveling of the fabric.

In the formation of these garments, and particularly the legs, a considerable part of the fabric is cut away and usually wasted or sold at a low price, and I have discovered that by cutting or slitting the seat of the knit fabric just described I am enabled to use certain pieces, as 9, in substantially the same form as cut from the legs of'the garment, which avoids waste and reduces the work of cutting and fitting to a minimum. These Waste pieces are usually bifurcated, and the inner edges of the depending arms, as 9, are trimmed on lines substantially coincident with the lines of the slits 4 when the part 9 is laid fiat on the seat. These inner edges are then stitched to the corresponding edges of the flap 6, while the lower points of the arms 9 are also stitched to the body of the seat, and the remaining portion of the part 9 extends outwardly beyond the slits L and 8, and together with the flap portion 6 folds outwardly and downwardly upon a substantially straight line between the lower ends of the arms 9 near the junction of the inner sides of the legs and exposes the opening 7. The upper edge of the part 9 of the flap normally lies just below the waist-line of the garment and is preferably reinforced by folding the edge over at 10 and stitching it down, and this reinforced portion is formed with suitable buttonholes 12 near its ends to receive buttons 13, which are secured to the back of the garment. The parts 6 and 9 being secured to each other form the completed dropflap, the part 9 forming a continuation of the part 6 and overlaps upon the seat of the garment at opposite sides and above the slits 4. and 8, thereby entirely covering the opening 7 and normally lies smooth and fiat upon the garment and at the same time affords an elastic seat in the body as originally knit and obviates the necessity for gussets and laborious fitting between the flap and seat. I have shown this specific form of flap as used in a combination-garment; but it is evident that it is equally applicable for pants alone, in which the waistband may remain secured under the corset or other waist garment and the flap simply unbuttoned and dropped when desired without loosening the band.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a slightly-modified form of flap in which the upper portion is formed of sections 11, stitched together at 11, which permits the use of smaller waste pieces.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the seat of a garment, having slits formed therein at a point below the waistline, said slits extending downwardly and outwardly from a common point to form a triangular fiapintegral with the garment, a section bifurcated to form arms, said arms being stitched throughout their inner sides to said triangular flap, and having their lower extremities secured to the garment, said section extending to the waist-line,

. and means for securing the upper end thereof to the garment.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of October, 1902.

ADOLPH G. VELASKO. \Vitnesses:

H. E. CHASE, H. P. DENISON. 

